DID FEDERER LOSE BECAUSE OF THE NCODE6.1 ?

wether it is the same stick, blah blah blah PS6.0 85, tour 90 the new Ncode 6.1 you be the judge, one thing for sure the racquet set up he used did affect him, ANY CHANGE AS MINUTE AS IT CAN BE IS NOT A GOOD THING FOR PLAYERS AT THIS LEVEL.

Q. You didn't seem very happy with your racquet either. In fact, you didn't seem very happy at all with your game. Is that the case today? >

ROGER FEDERER: Well, you know, like I said, it was very hot today, so the balls are flying, you know, very much. Ball bounces high because the court plays faster. You know the conditions are fast. I was just finding the right racquet to be able to control the ball because I was struggling with it and Guga wasn't. And that was my problem today.

Federer did about as well this year as he ever has. One of the commentators said yesterday that Federer likes to hit his shots, especially his backhand, from his knees to his waist (or something like that). He felt like clay, with the high bounces would be hard on Federer, and that Kuerten, if he was moving ok, would be favored. He may have been looking for a good string tension though, because of the dryer conditions.

Is it a big surprise that Federer got beat by a 3-time French Open champion? It had nothing to do with Fed's racquet, and everything to do with Guga out-playing him.

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It's hard to accept this statement without seeing the match firsthand (thanks network scumbags). Former is not equal to current. Was Federer "off" or was Guga just "on" and who really knows other than the spectators or those in areas that actually got coverage.

Guga played a nice match, but federer hit a lot of shots into the net or out that I would have expected him to place better. He was playing very un-federer like. Whether that was the weather or the racquet, only fed knows.